Wood Elvish
(Dáru Gárayási Bhásha)
The tongues of the Wood-Elves
The Wood Elvish tongue has had a long and interesting history. The tongue itself is descended almost directly from Ancient Elvish, but in different ways from most of it's sister tongues, such a Sea Elvish and White Elvish.
The language split even further when its' speakers settled in Forestland, splitting into three groups, each of which settled in one of the three great forest of the Divided Islands, Blackwood forest, Greenleaf wood, and Bluewood Forest. Each tribe developed its' own dialect, resulting in Blackwood Elvish, Bluewood Elvish, and Greenleaf Elvish.
1. Phonetics
Wood Elvish is very rich in sounds. Of all the Islic (The location, not the family) languages, Wood Elvish has one of the greatest numbers of vowels, some of which are unique to the language. Wood Elvish is also well-endowed with consonants.
1.1 Vowels
a
as in English "her, fur, sure"e
as in English "prey, there, they"i
as in English "pin, gin, din"í
as in English "seen, sheen, keen"o
as in English "so, go, flow"u
as in English "push, bush"ú
as in English "rude, food, dude"ri
as in English r, but the tongue does no contact the roof of the mouth, and a slight i sound is possessed.rí
as above, but with an í sound possessedlri
as in English l, but the tongue does not contact the roof of the mouth and is possessed of a slight i soundlrí
as above, with an í soundai
as in English "aisle, file, Nile"au
as in English "house, mouse", German "haus, maus"
1.2 Consonants
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Gutturals |
k |
kh |
g |
gh |
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Palatals |
N3 |
N2 |
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Dentals |
tı |
thı |
d |
dh |
j |
˘ |
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Labial |
p |
ph |
b |
bh |
m |
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Semivowels |
y |
r |
l |
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Sibilants |
ts |
s |
sh |
˘h |
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Labiodental |
v |
f |
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Velar |
N1 |
N4 |
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Aspirate |
h |
K, j, p, m, r, l, f, j, v, and b are as in English
g is as in "gun, go, get."
˘ is the sound in English "church, chant, check".
˘h is the unvoiced back spirant, as in "Loch", German "ich".
t and d are as in English, but the tongue rests on the top of the teeth instead on the roof of the mouth.
kh is apsirated k.
gh is the voiced back spirant.
jh is Aspirated j.
th is the sound in English "thin, think, thought."
dh is the sound in English "This, that, those."
ph is an unvoiced bilabial fricative (An f blown between both lips.)
bh is as above, but voiced (a v between both lips.)
y is as in "yes, yet, year."
w is as in "water, work, wear."
ts is pronounced by trying to make an English t sound without touching the roof of your mouth while trying to produce and s sound at the same time.
sh is as in "shin, share, shook."
s is as in "sand, sun, silver."
h is as in "hope, hop, hate."
tı
in Bluewood Elvish, t has merged with d.N4
is as in "spring, thing, wing"2. Verbs
Wood Elvish has 9 verb tenses:
The Present, referencing an event occurring at the time of speech,
The Imperfect, referencing a past action completed before the current day
The Potential, which describes a wish or hope that is potentially realizable,
The Imperative, expressing a direct command,
the Perfect, referencing an event occurring in the past at a remote period,
The First Future, denotes an event occurring after the current day
The Second Future, denotes immediate futurity
The Aorist, referring to an event occurring in the past in an indefinite period, either before or during the current day.
and
The Precative, a modification of the potential used in worship and blessing.
Every tense has three numbers, singular, dual, and plural.
2.1 Terminations of Verb Tenses
Present
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-e |
-vadhe |
-madhe |
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Second |
-se |
-otwa |
-dhva |
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Third |
-te |
-ote |
onate |
Imperfect
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-i |
-vahi |
-mahi |
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Second |
-dhás |
-odhám |
-dhvim |
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Third |
-ia |
-otám |
-onvám |
Potential
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-híyo |
-kíviha |
-ímahám |
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Second |
-hyithas |
-kiyatham |
-ídhyam |
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Third |
-hídha |
-kiyadam |
-íran |
Imperative
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-haim |
-uvakaip |
-ámakaip |
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Second |
-saiv |
-atsami |
-adhvam |
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Third |
-tiám |
-tiátsám |
-á˘htsami |
Perfect
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-e |
-vahe |
-mahe |
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Second |
-se |
-áthe |
-dhve |
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Third |
-e |
-áte |
-otrene |
First Future
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-tahe |
-dasvadhe |
-dásmadhe |
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Second |
-tase |
-dasotwa |
-tádhva |
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Third |
-ta |
-darate |
-otáruse |
Second Future
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-sye |
-syúvahe |
-syúmahe |
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Second |
-syase |
-syuthe |
-syudhave |
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Third |
-syate |
-syute |
-syunte |
Aorist
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-si |
-syadha |
-syahime |
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Second |
-sthás |
-syádhám |
-atvami |
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Third |
-sta |
-syátám |
-syatani |
Precative
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Person |
Singular |
Dual |
Plural |
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First |
-síya |
-sívahi |
-símahi |
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Second |
-sishthas |
-síyásthám |
-íidhvam |
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Third |
-sishta |
-síyástám |
-síran |
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